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hleów-feðer

(n.)
Grammar
hleów-feðer, e; f.

A sheltering wing

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A sheltering wing Gefór hleówfeðrum þeaht journeyed covered by [his creator's] sheltering wings, Cd. 131; Th. 165, 31; Gen. 2740

wegan

(v.)
Grammar
wegan, p. , pl. ; pp.

to move, bear, carry, bring, transport to bring, cause to bear, support to bear, carry, to have bearwearto haveto be under the influence of havebear to bear, submit toto weigh,to put something in a balance to be equal to To move

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Ǽlc ðæra ðinga, ðe man wihð (wehð, v. l.)onwǽgan, 13; Zup. 84, 2. Man sett ða synne and ða sáwle on ða wǽge, and hý man wegeþ, swá man déð gold wið penegas, Wulfst. 240, 2. Weh on wǽge, Lchdm. i. 374, 15. fig.

Linked entry: æt-wegan

á-dumbian

(v.)
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Wið ðon ðe wíf fǽrunga ádumbige, Lch. iii. 58, 16. Hét hé ðone hund ádumbian, Hml. S. 31, 1133. Se fæder wæs ádumbod, Hml. Th. i. 352, 32. Hí ealle wurdon ádumbode, ii. 486, 11. Add

Burgendas

(n.)
Grammar
Burgendas, gen. a; pl. m: Burgendan; pl. m.
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Wine Burgenda friend of the Burgundians, Wald. 85; Vald. 2, 14. Weóld Burgendum Gifica Gifica ruled the Burgundians, Scóp Th. 40; Wíd. 19: 131; Wíd. 65

Linked entry: Burgendan

seolh-bæþ

(n.)
Grammar
seolh-bæþ, es; n.
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The seal's bath, the sea (cf. fisces, ganotes bæþ) Mec wind wíde bær ofer seolhbaþo, Exon. 392, 21; Rä. 11, 11

mónaþ-lic

Grammar
mónaþ-lic, I.
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add: used substantively Wiþ ealle yfele gegaderunga þæs innoþes and wið wífa mónoðlican, Lch. i. 56, 24 : 276, 2 : 278, 4

fulluht-bæþ

(n.)
Grammar
fulluht-bæþ, fulwiht-bæþ, es; n. [full, wiht, e; f: bæþ, es; n.]

A bath or font of baptismbaptismi fonsbaptistēriumβαπτιστήριον

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A bath or font of baptism; baptismi fons, baptistērium = βαπτιστήριον Ðæt gerýne onfón fulluhtbæþes to receive the sacrament of the baptismal font, Bd. 1, 27; S. 492, 31. Fulluhtebæþes, 3, 3; S. 525, 30. Ða onféng Eádwine cyning fulluhtebæþe then king

fulluht-ere

(n.)
Grammar
fulluht-ere, fulwiht-ere, es; m. [ful, full; uht, wiht; ere; es; m.]

A baptizerthe Baptistbaptista

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A baptizer, the Baptist; baptista On ðám dagum com Iohannes se Fulluhtere in diēbus illis vēnit Joannes Baptista, Mt. Bos. 3, 1: 14, 2: Mk. Bos. 6, 14: Lk. Bos. 7, 20, 28, 33: Homl. Th. i. 356, 7: 358, 22: 478, 1, 30. Syle me on ánum disce Iohannes heáfod

girel-gyden

(n.)
Grammar
girel-gyden, the goddess of dress, Vesta (the name has been connected by the glosser with
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vestis) Gyrlgyden Uesta, Germ. 397, 511

Linked entry: gyden

hátan

Grammar
hátan, Add: <b>I a.</b> with acc. and infin.
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. ¶ (in glosses) with dat. of person :-- Gástum unclǽnum hátas spiritibus immundis imperat, Mk. i. 27. Windum hátteð, Lk. L. 8, 25. <b>I e.

a-þundenes

(n.)
Grammar
a-þundenes, -ness, e; f.

A tumourswellingpuffing uptumor

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A tumour, swelling, puffing up; tumor Wið lifre swyle and aþundenesse for swelling and puffing up of the liver, L. M. cont. 2, 18; Lchdm. ii. 160, 18. Wið aþundenesse magan windigre for windy swelling of the stomach, 2, 11; Lchdm. ii. 158, 23

erfe

(n.)
Grammar
erfe, es; n.

An inheritance hērēdĭtas

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Win. 8; Th. i. 38, 16

ge-biterian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-biterian, p. ode; pp. od [ge-, biterian to embitter]

To make bitteramarefacere

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To make bitter; amarefacere Hí sealdon him gebiterod wín dăbant ei myrrhātum vīnum [amarefactum vīnum, vīnum myrrha imbūtum ], Mk. Bos. 15, 23

mis-hírness

(n.)
Grammar
mis-hírness, e; f.

Disobedienceact of disobedience

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Disobedience, act of disobedience Forlǽt mé hý on wíta lǽdan, and ða mishérnessa gewrecan, ðe hý wið ðé forworhtan, Wulfst. 256, 4

bi-wáwan

(v.)
Grammar
bi-wáwan, p. -weów; pp. -wáwen

To blow againstafflare

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To blow against; afflare Winde biwáwne [MS. biwaune] waved or shaken by the wind, Exon. 77 b; Th. 291, 2; Wand. 76

Linked entry: wáwan

gagátes

(n.)
Grammar
gagátes, indecl. m.

The agate or jeta precious stonegăgātesγăγάτηs

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Sceaf gagátes dǽl ðæs stánes on ðæt wín shave off a part of the stone agate into the wine, L. M. 2, 65; Lchdm. ii. 296, 11.

swíge

(adj.)
Grammar
swíge, adj.
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silent, not speaking On óðre wísan mon sceal manigean ða swíðe swígean, on óðre wísan ða felaídelsprǽcean, Past. 23; Swt. 174, 24. Ða ðe tó swíðe swíge (swigge, Cott. MSS.) beóþ . . . ða suíðe suígean (swiggean, Cott.

næss

(n.)
Grammar
næss, ness, es; m.

a nessland running out into waterheadlandpromontory

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Windige næssas wind-swept headlands, 2721; B. 1358. Neowle næssas headlands that plunge into the water, 2826; B. 1411. Hié Geáta clifu ongitan meahton, cúþe næssas, 3828; B. 1912.

Linked entries: næsse ness

á-feormung

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Wið wífa áfeormunge ( purgationem ), Lch. i. 186, 9. Áfeorm-unge mundationem , Scint. 28, 9. Add

-waru

(suffix)
Grammar
-waru, a form occurring only in compounds with a collective force, the inhabitants of a place. It is used with common nouns, v. burh-, ceaster-, eorþ-, hell-, heofon-, land-waru; and with proper names, native or foreign, e. g. Lunden-waru, Chr. 1016 ; Erl. 159, 22: Hierosolim-waru
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Hierosolyma, Mt. Kmbl. 3, 5 ; Sychem-ware Sicinorum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 73, 66

Linked entry: wara